What is the difference between PGDM and MBA?

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Asked by Kalpana Dalei
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shikhar singh
6 years ago
PGDM stands for Post-Graduation Diploma in Management, it is a short-term course of around one-year while MBA stands for Masters in Business Administration, which is of 2 years.

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Abhishek Desai
6 years ago
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I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I'm glad to help you. Academic Differences While an MBA course tends to be more theoretical, a PGDM focuses on the technical aspects, providing exposure to real-life business situations. Also, a PGDM isvery different than a one year PGP offered by many pri

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7 years ago
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JATIN SAHARMA
7 years ago
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7 years ago
The university will award you the degree in case of MBA. The MBA course structure is changed once in 7-8 years generally while the PGDM course curriculum is changed and modified yearly.

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Manish Gadekar
7 years ago
PGDM is awarded only by an autonomous deemed institution, MBA is awarded by a university.

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Moin Nargund
7 years ago
Susceptible to Fraudulence Since PGP or PGDM courses are offered by autonomous bodies, students need to be careful while taking admission. Many smaller colleges and institutes make claims or do not have proper accreditation status. MBA degrees are conferred by varsities, and hence there's a lower c

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NITIN DESHMUKH
7 years ago
PGDM is offered by all the Indian Institutes of Management (Iims) and other top B-Schools such as XLRI Jamshedpur and SP Jain Mumbai offer PGP or PGDM courses. Most of these institutes are autonomous bodies (not affiliated to any University) and conducts their own management course. MBA is offered b

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